MB.Ch.B., Auckland 1984, M.R.C.G.P., D.R.C.O.G. (N.Z.), D.F.F.P.

Dr Hainsworth’s interests include asthma care to British Thoracic Society standard, family medicine and childcare, also minor surgical procedures performed in the health centre.

MB.Ch.B., Cape Town 1990, M.R.C.G.P., D.R.C.O.G., D.F.F.P., D.C.H.

Dr Clark’s interests include general family medicine, and he has a particular interest in coronary heart disease.

MB.Ch.B., Leicester 2006, M.R.C.G.P., D.F.S.R.H.

Dr Beale has a special interest in Women's Health and Palliative Care.

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Prescribing Nurse

Bex is a Practice Nurse Prescriber with special interest in Diabetes and Respiratory care. She qualified in 1992 at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge. With a background working in Coronary and Intensive care in England and the USA before becoming a Practice Nurse. 

Prescribing Nurse

Their role:

Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.

Their role:

Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and new patient checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.

Assistant Practice Manager

Their Role:

The practice manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology. The practice manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.

Medical Records Summariser

Their role:

Receptionists provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. Receptionists make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries, dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits.

Their role:

Our secretaries perform many clerical tasks vital to the smooth running of the practice. They type referral letters and keep in touch with hospitals and consultants regarding patients’ appointments.

Their role:

The community midwife team run a clinic here once a week. Their valuable help enables us to deal with many problems without referral elsewhere.

Dispensary Manager

Locum Dispenser

Locum Dispenser

Their role:

We issue medicines directly to patients from our own dispensary, and employ fully trained dispensers. Our dispensary manager Katie  is responsible for the smooth running of the dispensary and will help with any queries you may have. The surgery runs a computerised repeat prescription system and deals with many prescriptions each day.